Job 23:8-9

(8) ¶ Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: (9) On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

What Job here complains of, how fully do all GOD'S people know! Reader, have you not known what it is to be searching for JESUS, and , like the church of old, sending forth often the question, without obtaining a satisfying answer, Saw you him whom my soul loveth? Precious seeking souls are in pursuit of JESUS, in private prayer, in meditation, in reading, and in public ordinances; hearing his gospel preached; sitting under the means; and yet often remain unrefreshed, and without the enjoyment of the Redeemer's presence. Nevertheless, it should always be recollected, upon these occasions, that JESUS is present; he is looking on, he is exciting the desire in the heart, and by and by will be found of the poor seeker. Isaiah 45:19 ; Psalms 27:8-14 .